Transcription of Samuel Colvil, , c.1690. Mock Poem c.1690

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Transcription of Samuel Colvil, , c.1690. Mock Poem c.1690

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2 volumes, Vol.I: i-xvii + 1-102 pp; Vol.II: i-iii + 1-71 pp

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University of St Andrews

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Colvil Samuel fl 17th century poet

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Colvil, Samuel

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Samuel Colvil (fl.17th century), was the son of Elizabeth Melville (fl.1599-1631), known for her own religious writings, including an allegorical poem based on Calvinist doctrines, Ane Godlie Dreame . Her father was Sir James Melville of Halhill, diplomat and courtier, and she married John Colvil, commendator of the abbey at Culross. Samuel was a political satirist who came to public prominence after Cromwell's Commonwealth, with his attack on militant Puritanism in his Mock Poem . This was heav...